Cool "Old Person" Names

Boy Names
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So I know in this day & age, a lot of people are naming children after their grandparents, making the “old” names come back in style. I’m typically not a fan of the names like [name_m]Robert[/name_m] “[name_u]Bobby[/name_u]” or [name_f]Mildred[/name_f] “[name_f]Milly[/name_f],” but I’m really loving old person names you don’t typically hear. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you know an older person with a cool name? Can be male or female, but mostly looking for male names.

ETA: examples could be [name_m]Mac[/name_m], [name_m]Dock[/name_m], [name_m]Webb[/name_m]

Or, if you have a “cooler” surname that isn’t very popular & could pass as a first name, I would love to hear those too!

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Funny - my great-grandfather was [name_m]Dock[/name_m] and his brother was [name_m]Mack[/name_m]. Also had a [name_m]Zeke[/name_m], [name_m]Zachariah[/name_m], [name_m]Virgil[/name_m] (called by his middle name, [name_m]Buddy[/name_m]) and [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] in the family. They were Appalachian - I feel like these kinds of names were more common in that region in the early 20th century.

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[name_m]Walter[/name_m] is oldey. It’s pretty much only cool because of [name_m]Walter[/name_m] White though… xD

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[name_m]Fritz[/name_m]
[name_m]Joachim[/name_m]

[name_f]Leticia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]

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My grandfathers are [name_m]Thurston[/name_m] and [name_u]Jan[/name_u]. Other names from older men in my family are: [name_m]Rune[/name_m], [name_m]Sven[/name_m], [name_m]Lars[/name_m], [name_m]Rolf[/name_m], [name_m]Claes[/name_m], [name_m]Lennard[/name_m], [name_m]Hans[/name_m] and [name_m]Olaf[/name_m].

My grandmothers are [name_f]Margaretha[/name_f] and [name_f]Ninnie[/name_f]. Other names from old ladies in my family are: [name_f]Malou[/name_f], [name_f]Barbara[/name_f], [name_f]Nilla[/name_f], [name_f]Elina[/name_f], [name_f]Beth[/name_f], [name_f]Carla[/name_f], [name_f]Svea[/name_f].

I wouldn’t use any of them myself but they are some pretty unusual names :slight_smile:

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My grandfather was [name_m]Warren[/name_m]

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I think [name_m]Barney[/name_m] is cool!

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[name_m]Lem[/name_m]
[name_m]Lemuel[/name_m]
[name_u]Roy[/name_u]
[name_m]Abner[/name_m]
[name_m]Willem[/name_m]
[name_m]Harris[/name_m]
[name_u]Clancy[/name_u]
Whitt
[name_m]Whittaker[/name_m]
[name_m]Laird[/name_m]
[name_m]Busby[/name_m]
[name_m]Clovis[/name_m]
[name_m]Clyde[/name_m]

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This is interesting! Not sure how many of these apply but:
Male:
[name_m]Thornton[/name_m]
[name_m]Aloysius[/name_m]
[name_m]Dougray[/name_m]
[name_m]Thaddeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Clifford[/name_m]
[name_m]Homer[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenton[/name_m]
[name_m]Archibald[/name_m]
[name_m]Creighton[/name_m]
[name_m]Algernon[/name_m]
[name_m]Roderick[/name_m]
[name_m]Crispin[/name_m]
[name_m]Bertram[/name_m]
[name_m]Washington[/name_m]
[name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
[name_m]Warner[/name_m]
[name_m]Godfrey[/name_m]
Godric
[name_m]Wayland[/name_m]
[name_u]Norris[/name_u]
[name_u]Alden[/name_u]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]

Female:
[name_f]Hedwig[/name_f]
Emerentia
[name_f]Blanche[/name_f]
[name_f]Sibley[/name_f]
[name_f]Delia[/name_f]

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I’ve got an [name_m]Elmer[/name_m] in the family, always thought that was cool. I’ve also wondered if my surname, [name_m]Hamilton[/name_m], will ever catch on.